Posts Tagged as ‘Leif Wenar’

October 7, 2008

Episode 3. Leif Wenar on the Resource Curse

When we talk about theft in international trade, we usually mean piracy, smuggling, or copyright infringement. Professor Leif Wenar, of King’s College London, thinks that we might be missing the forest for the trees. Illegal transactions across borders are going on every day on an enourmous scale. Consumers cannot help buying stolen goods when they [...]

September 14, 2008

Schedule Change

Due to some technical problems, we’re making a small change to the schedule of upcoming episodes. We’re swapping Leif Wenar and Jessica Wolfendale. This means that the Wolfendale episode on torture lite is coming out tomorrow, 9/15, and Wenar’s on 10/6. Sorry to all you Leif Wenar fans out there, but I promise you won’t [...]

August 23, 2008

Upcoming Episodes

To whet your appetite, here’s the release schedule for our next few episodes. 9/15: Leif Wenar (Kings College London) on the Resource Curse 10/6: Jessica Wolfendale (University of Melbourne) on Torture Lite 10/27: Larry Temkin (Rutgers) on Extending Human Lifespans We’ve got lots more in the works, and we’ll let you know about those as [...]